Located in the east of Suoxiyu Valley in Zhangjiajie City of Hunan Province, Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave) is called underground magic palace. It has many chambers and subterranean streams. The most fantastic of which are the Stone Fields Chamber and the Stalagmite Chamber. The stalagmite known as “sacred Needle for Stabilizing the Sea” is unique in China. It is insured for a huge sum and is indeed a miracle of Zhangjiajie’s subterranean world.
The Huanglong Cave is the largest travertine cave in China. In addition, it is a natural ice cave with the longest frozen period in China. It is graceful, spectacular and has certain scientific research value. It has been sensibly developed and well protected.
At the entrance, mists coil. In the cave, passages zigzag. Stone shoots, stone stalactites, stone curtains, stone pianos, and stone flowers can be founded there. In this cave, we can see "cave beyond cave, tower beyond tower, sky beyond sky and mountain beyond mountain". There are four layers, about 1600 meters high, having one reservoir, two brooks, three waterfalls, four ponds, thirteen halls and ninety-six passages. The Yellow Dragon Cave is 13 km in length. The biggest hall in it is 12,000 square meters which can hold 10,000 people. The cave is so big that it is in fact another world under the ground. Entering the cave, you will feel you are in a fairyland, beautiful and tranquil.
The best time to go is from April to October. It has been granted “One of Top Six Most Beautiful Show Caves in China” by China National Geography Magazine.
